tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post9136388111219936731..comments2015-03-19T19:53:23.022-04:00Comments on The Historical Society: Humanities and Social Sciences under Fire in FloridaRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-41366031422236062092012-11-27T11:00:20.630-05:002012-11-27T11:00:20.630-05:00An update from Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insid...An update from Inside Higher Ed:<br /><br />http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/11/26/u-florida-history-professors-fight-differential-tuitionRandallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-86157690583630584922012-11-09T11:14:58.015-05:002012-11-09T11:14:58.015-05:00You know, I just can&#39;t leave this. What on ear...You know, I just can&#39;t leave this. What on earth are they thinking?!!!hcrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334093881332383848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-4573264818272769652012-11-09T04:55:09.830-05:002012-11-09T04:55:09.830-05:00Is there a Regressive Party out there? Is there a Regressive Party out there? Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16755286304057000048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872819010848426693.post-60645607823753672582012-11-08T21:38:33.015-05:002012-11-08T21:38:33.015-05:00I honestly thought this was a joke when I first sa...I honestly thought this was a joke when I first saw references to it.<br /><br />Governor Scott&#39;s &quot;blue ribbon&quot; panel has proposed that state tuition fees vary according to the student&#39;s chosen major.<br />Liberal arts aren&#39;t valuable-- in that they won&#39;t repay the state&#39;s investment in them-- so <br />the student who chooses, say, History, will have to pay more for a degree than someone<br />who chooses, say, Physics.<br /><br />This is antithetical to what modern<br />education aims to teach. Even if you don&#39;t care about an educated citizenry (which is,<br />after all, the premise on which Republicans created the Land Grant Colleges in the<br />1860s), you should take into consideration the contours of the modern economy. I&#39;m<br />a big fan of the idea that education should actually make someone employable, but <br />today that generally means a broad, liberal arts education. Professions are changing so<br />fast that, as I wrote before on this blog, the top ten in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004. The only way to train people for jobs that we can&#39;t even imagine is to teach them the broad contours of communication, social science, mathematics, science. <br /><br />A broad, liberal arts education.<br /><br />Honestly, I can&#39;t even grapple with the idea that someone is proposing to turn education BACKWARDS in the name of progressivism....hcrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07334093881332383848noreply@blogger.com